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GUSTAVUS ELBEL,- 0F PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 103,588, dated May 31, 187 0..

The Schedule referred to'n these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

l'o all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUsrAvUs ELBEL, of the city of Pittsburg, county of Allegheny and State ot' Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Harness-Buckles, that I denominate the Revolving Back-band Hook and I do hereby declarc the following to be a full, clear, and exact deA scription of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part of this specification, in which- 4Figure l is a top View ot' my inventionready to be applied to the back-band of any harness.

' Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view of said hook, taken'in line drawn between the. points a: x, g. 1.

Figure is a top view of the. plateto which the hook is attached.

Figure '4 is a sectional view ot the hook unattached from the plate.`

It is apparent that this buckle will admit o t' several modifications in .its construction without changing the principle of construction and operation; and

Figures 5 and illustrate changes that may be made in the buckle. A

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of a metallic hook in two parts, consisting of the plate to which the hook may be attached, and the hook itself. These may be cast in the usual manner, made of malleable or other iron or suitable material, and are readily adapted to any harness, either to the back band or a saddle used as harness.

My invention further consists in the construction of a buckle to be applied to the back-bander harnesssaddle, in such a manner as to admit of the hook through which the bridle check-rein passes turning easily to the right or left, to accommodate itself to .the movement ofthe horses head in those directions.

To enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use my invention, I will proceed `to describe it.

I take apiece of metal, of the size of about two y inches by three, or of -such size as may be considered desirable for the kind of harness upon which it may bc used, and have the same cast, molded, or worked into the shape or form, or approximately thereto, as shown at A, dgs. 1 aud 2.

A slot, orspace, O., is left in the plate, within which the bend of the hook B is allowed to traverse to the right or left, as shown in dotted lines in iig. 1. This plato is cast, molded, or worked in one piece.

o a a, iu plate A, are' `holes `made in it, through which screws or rivets may be passed into and through the backband or saddle, so that the plate is firmly at- 'fched thereto.

tiefere riveting or screwing the same to such backband or saddle, the-hook B is attached to plate O, by inserting -the pintle D, which forms a partot' the hook, into the hole b formed in the plate, a recess being formed in the under side of the plate A to receive the ange surrounding said part D, so that the lower surface of said plate will he a perfect-plane after the insert-ion of the hook, as shown in fig. 2.

When the check-rein of the bridle is attached to this hook, the latter moves freely in either direction, toaceommodate the ,movement of the Ahead of the horse either to the right or left.

Much ditiiculty` has been experienced by having a rigid connection of 'thc hook to the saddle or back-y band, aud-often a buckle upon thc check-rein is caught upon such a hook and the rein broken, or the horse becomes festive, This evil is entirely overcome by my arrangement. i s Y This kind of hook can be manufactured'with great facility as an article ot' manufacture. The parts may be easily duplicated when broken or worn, and the whole can be applied, in the manner above described, by any common farmer or persons having charge ot' horses and harness.

The n iodlications shown substantially, in applying the hook B to the upper portion of the plate A, the projection at o being formed upon 'the lower side of' said hook and riveted to its under side, as shown in said figure, so-as to admit of an easy play and movement in either direction to the right or lef't, a recess being formed ou the under side oi' plate A, to allow for such riveting, and presenting a pla-nc surface upon the under side of said plate A; and in iig. t5 a lip, i', may be formed upon the hook, to rcst upon the outer edge of the segmental slot C,

and ato a rivet, separate and detached from the hook.

or plate, may be used to fasten the hook and plate to,- gether, in the manner shown.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to-secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination and arrangement of the hook B and plate A, in the` manner and for the purpose herein described.

2. .lhc construction of the hook B, having formed,

upon it the pintle or projection D, in the manner and t'or the purpose herein described.

3. The plate A, containing within it the slot or open space C, and having formed upon its lower side a socket, c, to admit of the reception of the hook, in

the manner and for the purpose herein described.

GUSTAVUS ELBEL.

Witnesses:

A: GILLIAM, Rom. G. ATKINSON.

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